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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-07-18, Page 8Times -Advocate, July 18, 1964 Sports Spotllght . ey Rou Haugh .An Interesting card game Trivial Pursuit was an instant success when it hit the market a couple of years ago and since that time interest ilii board games has become high. We had a visit a few days ago from a former Ex- eter resident who has invented a new baseball card game and it is the best one of its kind that we have seen. Ron Westman has been a staunch baseball tan, statistician and trivia buff for more years than he wants to, remember. He has had this baseball card idea in the back of .his head for a long time and has spent a lot of time in bringing the final product to the market stage. The game is called Clubhouse Baseball and in the final stages of planning, Westman received help and ad- vice from Detroit Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Two players can play the game and a regulation nine inning game takes about 10 minutes to complete. Each team uses one deck of 69 cards. The visiting team starts and turns up cards singly from face down position until three outs are made. • Westman and Harwell have collaborated to cover almost every possible play in the game of baseball and the veteran Detroit announcer has seen them all. Included in the cards are in addition tosingles, doubles, triples and home runs are walks; strikeouts, sacrifice flies and bunts, infield flies, pickoffs, balks, hit and runs, passed balls, wild pitches, stolen bases and squeeze bunts. We found the game very interesting, especially when we defeated the inventor 4-1 in a short practice game. Average scores are under 10. The game is now available in Exeter at Jerry MacLean and Son Automotive. Tough to catch up The Toronto Blue Jays are finding it difficult to gain any ground on the Detroit Tigers in their quest for the American baseball league's eastern division championship. The Jays with an excellent record of 53 victories and 35 defeats find themselves a full seven games back of the front running Detroit Tigers. In recent weeks it has simply been a situation if one team wins so does the other and if one loses they both do. Toronto manager Bobby Cox has decided the best way to catch the Tigers is to do it a slow and methodical manner. Cox says he hopes his club can gain one game on Detroit each week. At that pace, the Jays would catch the Tigers by the end of August. The two top contenders meet each other six times in September and those two series would be very influential in deciding a division winner. While the Jays and Tigers are drawing a lot of media attention, the real battle is being waged in the American league western section. Three teams, the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins and California Angels are in a real struggle for first place while the cellar dwelling Texas Rangers are only eight games off the pace. The battle may be tight in the west, but the team records are far below the level of Detroit and Toronto. If they were in the same division, the Blue Jays would be leading the west's top team the California Angels by seven and a half games and the Detroit lead over the Angels would be something like 14 games. It's the same story in the National league where the New York Mets lead by a half game over the surpris- ing Chicago Cubs,, but, yet would be eight and a half games back of Detroit. The same situation exists in the National league west where the San Diego Padres hold a comfortable six game margin over the Atlanta Braves, but, would be the same eight and a half back of Detroit. A cartoon manager Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda is tackling more than managing a major league baseball team this year. He will appear this fall as manager "Tommy Lasagna" in a Saturday morning television cartoon series, the Pink Panther. Lasorda says, "I just did a voice over a scene where I go to the mound to talk to the pitcher. Somebody from the show called me up and asked if 1 wanted to do it". Lasorda has played himself in episodes of Chips, Hart to Bart and Fantasy Island. False rumours We heard a couple of reports on American radio sta- tions Sunday that former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer was about to sign with the Detroit Tigers. After hearing Palmer say on the all star game broadcast Tuesday that he would not come back under any circumstances, the Sunday report seemed rather far fetched. Far fetched it was. Palmer had arthroscopic knee surgery in Childrens Hospital in Baltimore Monday with Orioles doctor Charles Silbertstein performing the operation. A rare accident Considering the millions of spectators attending major i1ague baseball games each year, the number of injuries incurred by fans is really low. This was not the case at Wrigley Field in Chicago Sunday when two spectators were seriously injured when they fell about 35 feet from the right field upper deck onto empty seats below. One suffered two broken legs .I Goderich wins A title Hensall velar BIue Crew tourney in extraAnnFng thriller Fans at the anntlhl Exeter Blue Crew rec fastball tour- nament got more than.thelr money's worth in the length of the two final games. The "B" final between the Hensall Legionnaires and Hearn-Walloy of Lucan want five extra innings before Hett- saU's Steve Knight settled the outcome with a solo homer that cleared the fence in left - centre. In the "A" final, rain delays prolonged the match over an hour before Goderich Orioles em as 10.7 winners over their ch league mates from the Bedford Hotel. The HensaU-Lucan game was by far the most ex:' citing of the weekend, and play •. matched the temperatures to sap energy from the Lucan crew as they watched Knight's blast leave the park. Hearn-Walloy took a 2-0 lead in the first when Jim Hearn red off with a single and came romping home after Denis Carty clouted a Brad Marsden pitch deep to left and over the fence. The Legionnaires rebound- ed to knot the count at 2-2 in the fifth when Fred Campbell and Bill Smith circled the paths on hits by Campbell, Chuck Dalrymple and•Knight. Hensall then took a 3-2 lead in the sixth when Terry Bedard led off with a triple and scored on Lloyd Allen's single. Lucan sent the game into extra innings when they scored in the top of the seventh on a hib batsman, a bunt, error and fielder's choice. Hearn-Walloy had men in scoring position in four of the five extra frames, but couldn't get the go-ahead tal- ly, while Hensall managed on- ly one base runner off Jeff Shipley until Knight settled the issue. In the "A" final, Bedford Hotel took a 4-1 lead in the third, but the Orioles rebound- ed to move ahead 7-4 in the fifth and their three -run ral- ly in, the sixth negated a similar rally by the Hotel crew in the top of the seventh. Lawn bowlers Competition was keen in the two jitneys enjoyed this week by members of the Exeter lawn bowling club. Thursday night, Roy Blan- chard was the winner with a pair of victories and an ag- gregate of 29. Olive Hicks and Leone Brock were deadlock- ed for second place with scores of 26. • Next with identical ag- gregates of 23 were Olga Chipchase, Lillian Pym and Liz Lamport. Pete McFalls was next at 22. An aggregate score of 25 to go with two wins allowed Verne Smith to emerge as the top competitor, Saturday night. A three-way tie for second place existed between Stan Scores from ladies slo-pitch Downtown Dollies 16 - Huron Park Devils 4, South Huron Hospital 15 - Sundowners 8, Jack's Plumbing & Heating 16 - Good -Times 9, Albatross Angels 16 - Canadian Tire 2. This week's schedule: Good Times vs Canadian Tire, 7 p.m. Huron Park; Jack' Plumbing & Heating v HENSALL WINS TITLE — The Hensall Legionnaires won the "B" title in the second annual Exeter Blue Crew ' Downtown Dollies, 7 p.m. Ex rec fastball tournament this weekend, ousting Hearn-Walloy of Lucan when Steve Knight cracked a homer after eter 2; Albatross Angels vs five extra innings. Team members in the back, from the left: Randy Parker, Bill Smith, Wayne Corbett, ChutkSouth Huron Hospital, 8 p.m. Dalrymple, Tom Dalrymple, Dave Sala*Mike Anstett, Brad Marsden and Dennis Bierling. Front row: Terry Exeter 2; Sundowns vs Huron Bedard, Lloyd Allen, Fred Campbell, Steve Knight and Gary Moir. Park Devils, 10 p.m. Exeter 2. Programs in full swing By Lynne Farquhar Summer programs are well underway with lessons in Ex- eter and Huron Park finishing off their first sessions and both play and sports pro- grams in full swing. The Bert and Ernie Club and Sports youngsters will be treated to a "Breakdancing Lesson" on Tuesday morning. Thursday and Friday are "Sidewalk Sale Days" Pee wees beat Seaforth 10-8 Thursday night the Exeter Legion Branch 167 pee wees defeated Seaforth. 10-8 in a regular league ame. Kevin Wallace paced the locals with three hits and three runs batted in while winning pitcher Scot Russell chipped in with three singles. Next in line in the winning effort was first baseman Doug Clark who cracked two doubles while Jeff Chipchase rapped two single safeties. Russell, who went the full seven innings, struck out six Seaforth batters and walked six as the visitors picked up seven hits. Catcher David Dalrymple and infielder Laurie Chalmers with two singles rounded out the Ex- eter hitting. Sunday the local club was defeated by a 17-2 score in St. Marys. Brent McDonald started on the mound for Ex- eter but was replaced by Scot Russell in the third inning after allowing thirteen runs on eight hits. David Schwindt knocked in the only two,runs For Exeter with a solid single in the se- cond inning while Scot Russell with three singles and Kevin Wallace with a one base hit had the other Exeter safeties Second week for playground Icy Liz Scott The summer sports and Bert and Ernie clubs are now beginning their second suc- cessful week of playground. This morning the Bert and Ernie Club is going to Huron Park to participate in bowl- ing. The sports program are having a special Mexican Day which they've planned taco making, pinatas and other various Mexican games. in the following afternoon they've scheduled racquetball and squash in Hensall For sidewalk sale dhys a "Krazy Karnival" is going to be held uptown in front of the Pt1('. This will go from 11.30-3:30 for Thursday and Friday Activities such as the dunking machine. face mak ing, penny toss, bubble blow- ing contests and other crazy activities are planned. Both programs are en- couraged to participate and all area children are also welcome. We have family prices for our clubs now. To register one child costs $5, two cost 88 and three children are $10. 1 downtown and leaders have a Penny Carnival , complete with dunking machine lined up at the PUC. Parents are reminded that these are not regular playground days and the events will take place downtown from 11:30-3:30. Don't forget to send your pen- nies and throw in a few dimes so they can get their favourite leaders wet in the dunking machine. - Exeter and area residents will be treated to the sound!; of the Ontario Youth Concert Band on Wednesday July 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school new gym. This is a one time only chance in conjunction with the Bicentennial, so don't miss this opportunity to hear some of Ontario's finest musi- cians. Admission to the con- cert is $2.00 for adults, 81.00 for youngsters or $5.00 per family. For any teams or in- dividuals still interested is signing for LHZ Sportsfest '84 in Kincardine, entry forms for each sport are available at the Rec Centre. Registration deadline for Sportsfest in Kin- cardine is this Friday, July 20 so don't put it off any longer. Any local residents in- terested in getting involved in Sportsfest '85 which will be hosted in Exeter should give the Rec Centre a call. We'll be looking for lots of help from the comm niton–running events and getting organized. The "Exeter Barracudas" Swim te4irii got off to a great start winning their first meet in Mitchell last Saturday. The 45 member team defeated St. Marys, Mitchell and Huron Park to register their first win. Huron Park swim team placed third in the meet. Exeter will be hosting Clin- ton, Kirkton and Huron Park for their second meet this Saturday, July 21 from 9 a.m.-12:30 at the Exeter pool. A large contingent of fans went with the team to Mit- chell so we're hoping for a good local turnout on Satur- day to cheer on the Bar- racudas. The local swim team parents will haye a food booth set up for refreshments at the pool. Roth, Clarence Down and Olga Chipchase with ag- gregates of 23 while Beth Bat- ten was next with 22. The balance of the winning scores were Gertrude Hamilton 20, Charles Smith 19 and Percy Campbell 18. PAUL HOHNER Proprietor 488 Main St. S. EXETER 235-1181 Res. 235-0302 MATHERS MOTORS Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge Dodge Trucks Bob Lammie Buss (519)233-1323 Res: (319)262-2134 .441 136 Main St. N., Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S0 Enjoy GOLFING with us Our course is in tournament condition. 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